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The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema

Episode #226: Being at Home in Your Body with Allison Sowle

The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema

Dr. Thema

Health & Fitness

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Thema and Allie explore body positivity, confidence, and joy despite the realities of fat phobia. Allie shares the importance of supportive parents and faith as she pursues her dreams of modeling. Despite encountering biases from leaders in schools, faith communities, and the modeling industry, Allie victoriously reclaims and celebrates herself. Allison Sowle is a model and storyteller who’s passionate about body positivity, self-acceptance, and navigating life transitions. Originally from a small Midwestern town, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue modeling and has worked to challenge fatphobia in the fashion industry while staying grounded in her own confidence and joy. Allison also shares her journey of embracing visible skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis, inspiring others to feel at home in their own bodies. For more support on your journey, check out Dr. Thema’s books Matters of the Heart, Reclaim Yourself, and Homecoming. As you listen to this episode, don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share. Music by Joy Jones.

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0:00.0

Welcome

0:07.0

Welcome home, cojourners. I'm glad you're here for this episode. Dr. Tema, licensed

0:24.5

psychologists, ordained minister and sacred artists here to help facilitate your journey back

0:30.2

home to yourself. And I am so glad that we have Allison's soul with us here today. Welcome, Allison.

0:36.2

Thank you so much. So much, Dr. Tama.

0:38.6

This is absolutely just such a privilege and a pleasure to be here. So thank you for inviting

0:44.4

that. Absolutely. Let me tell our co-journers more about you. So Allison is a model and storyteller

0:51.5

who's passionate about body positivity, self-acceptance, and navigating

0:56.4

life transitions. Originally from a small Midwestern town, she moved to L.A. to pursue modeling

1:03.5

and has worked to challenge fat phobia in the fashion industry while staying grounded in her

1:09.3

own confidence and joy, which you all will

1:12.0

experience immediately.

1:14.6

Allison also shares her journey of embracing visible skin conditions like eczema and

1:20.2

psoriasis, inspiring others to feel at home in their own bodies.

1:25.8

Absolutely.

1:26.7

Oh, so beautiful. Thank you. Thank you, Dr.. Absolutely. So beautiful.

1:28.9

Thank you.

1:29.9

Dr. Tema.

1:30.9

Thank you.

1:31.9

I love your courage to move, to make the move out here to pursue your dream.

1:38.4

So tell us what gave you the courage, the confidence to make that move? Really, there's a few things. The privilege of

1:48.2

being raised by the best people ever. Oh, like, yeah. The privilege of having, you know,

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